{"id":256958,"date":"2026-04-19T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:22:30","slug":"son-accused-in-death-of-el-paso-realtor-in-san-antonio-remains-found-in-trash-bag-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256958\/","title":{"rendered":"Son accused in death of El Paso realtor in San Antonio; remains found in trash bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A man was arrested after his father was found dead in San Antonio early this month.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Sebastian Ordonez, 31, is charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and failing to report human remains in connection to the death of his father, 54-year-old Daniel Antonio Ordonez.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Antonio Ordonez was a realtor from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedanogroup.com\/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnaHnErZxldILiQFEG2D-qIkHCKA7l7zT4G-sUlv7ZBlVjdogSdepuBKlrNzI_aem_mdUCpRvXe7jaU0ZchzMHYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DanO Group<\/a> and was originally from El Paso. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the victim was reported missing by a family member who lives out of town after seeing some \u201cstrange\u201d activity on the victim\u2019s phone and smart watch, which the family member had access to.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to a rental property owned by the victim using location data from the phone, where they found the device along with the victim\u2019s keys buried in a plant pot in fresh soil, according to an affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Police also found one of the victim\u2019s vehicles at the rear of the property with an apparent bullet hole on the driver&#8217;s side rear window.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators searched the victim&#8217;s primary home in the 3100 block of Vera Cruz, where the victim&#8217;s son and wife also lived. There, they found a large black trash bag with apparent blood leaking from the bag.<\/p>\n<p>Officers made a small hole in the bag to check what was inside and saw a deceased male, who was later identified as the victim, according to the affidavit. Investigators also saw apparent drag marks in blood on the ground near the body.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/nation-world\/son-accused-of-concealing-fathers-murder-after-remains-found-in-bloody-trash-bag-homicide-csi-evidence-tampering?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Son accused of concealing father&#8217;s murder after remains found in bloody trash bag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using a latent bloodstain reagent, crime scene investigators found evidence that blood had been cleaned up both inside and outside of the home.<\/p>\n<p>The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined the victim died from a gunshot wound to the head due to homicide, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators obtained surveillance video and receipts, which showed Ordonez had purchased several items using the victim&#8217;s debit card at Walmart and Home Depot.<\/p>\n<p>The items included cleaning supplies, duct tape, gloves, a shovel, concrete, and a &#8220;mummy&#8221; style sleeping bag, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe Ordonez used these items to conceal evidence of the victim&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, investigators said Ordonez did not report his father&#8217;s death to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Ordonez was arrested on Thursday and is currently being held at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, according to jail records.<\/p>\n<p>So far, he has not been charged with his father&#8217;s murder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A man was arrested after his father was found dead in San Antonio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-256958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}